Notes From Training Camp 2025

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(Yesterday, 05:23 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Yoshi's RAS score is elite, but to me it doesn't seem like it translates to the field all that well. He seems to play slower, has trouble getting seperation, etc. Rarely do you see him beat defenders with his speed or quickness. 

I haven't gone back to try to watch any games from last year, but for anyone that has, was it more that Iosivas doesn't exhibit those traits on the field, or could it be more around the playcalling for when, where, and how Iosivas is getting the ball?

I like to compare different players at a position, and in this case, it'd be slot WR.
Boyd averaged 11.7 YPR with the Bengals, so he is good to compare to.
We generally consider him a "good" slot guy.
Iosivas had a 13.3 YPR last year, so he might actually be more dynamic than a more standard/typical slot guy, and being in the slot and running those routes might be making it more difficult for him to get more open by having him on shorter routes and having more defenders around him vs being on the outside or better scheming?
For Iosivas to have a 13.3 YPR but only a long of 39 yards last year shows me he's been productive when making receptions and it's not just a few really long receptions skewing his YPR.

EDIT - Two other of the big slot receivers with the Bengals the past couple decades also were in the 11 YPR range - Housh (11.4 YPR) and Sanu (11.8 YPR). I think in general, most slot receivers are just not overly dynamic and it can impact their productivity. Julian Edelman, one of the outside great slot receivers, had 11.0 YPR. So 10-12 YPR is pretty typical for even "good" slot WRs. If Iosivas can have >12, that's pretty good.